LIVE UPDATES - No. 16 Virginia Tech Softball vs. Liberty

Virginia Tech softball engages in its final midweek contest today at 6 p.m. ET, challenging Liberty in a bid for the season sweep. Read below for a game thread, organized in reverse chronological order.

FINAL | Liberty 10, Virginia Tech 9

Haley Luginbill grounded out to first. The Hokies lose. The five-run seventh came up just short.

B7 | Liberty 10, Virginia Tech 9

Wow. Rachel Castine off the light pole. One-run game. Virginia Tech has put up a five-spot in the seventh.

B7 | Liberty 10, Virginia Tech 6

Zoe Yaeger sent a 1-0 pitch up the middle, scoring both Jordan Lynch and pinch runner Lily Pallante. Four-run game.

B7 | Liberty 10, Virginia Tech 4

The Hokies nearly lost the game. Kylie Aldridge sent a double into center, but she almost got tagged out going for second. Still, two on base for Virginia Tech. Zoe Yaeger is up to bat.

M7 | Liberty 10, Virginia Tech 4

A two-RBI single up the middle on an 0-2 count plated two Flames. A two-out single scored another. The Hokies enter the bottom of the seventh down six and are in danger of watching their regional-hosting hopes take another serious hit.

M6 | Liberty 7, Virginia Tech 4

Liberty placed runners at first and second. Brynn McManus then scored on a throwing error by Emma Mazzarone. Paige Doerr struck out on the subsequent at-bat, and the saHokies trail by three entering B6.

E5 | Liberty 6, Virginia Tech 4

Two-run ball game. Nora Abromavage went yard to left-center.

E4 | Liberty 6, Virginia Tech 2

Save for a reach on a fielder's choice from Virginia Tech, both teams did not notch another baserunner in the fourth.

E3 | Liberty 6, Virginia Tech 2

Rohs scored on a wild pitch — four-run game

M3 | Liberty 6, Virginia Tech 1

Five runs and four hits later, the top of the third has come to an end. The Hokies are down five entering their end of the third.

T3 | Liberty 6, Virginia Tech 1

Another one. JaMaya Byrum reached on a fielder's choice and Lynch couldn't corral the ball to tag out Doerr at home.

T3 | Liberty 5, Virginia Tech 1

Very short sacrifice fly. Lee pushed a narrow flyout that Rohs snagged with a diving catch. The Hokies have found their first out of the frame, but they're also now down four.

T3 | Liberty 4, Virginia Tech 1

Liberty's lead has burgeoned to three. Paige Doerr worked a bases-loaded double off Mazzarone that plated two. Runners remain on second and third.

T3 | Liberty 2, Virginia Tech 1

Liberty pulls ahead by one. Alexia Carrasquillo pulled a single into left field that scored Brynn McManus. Jordan Lynch tried to tag out Savannah Jessee at third, but she dropped the ball.

E2 | Virginia Tech 1, Liberty 1

Virginia Tech went down in relatively quick fashion. We're tied one-all going into the third.

M2 | Virginia Tech 1, Liberty 1

Though Layton conceded a one-out walk, she stranded the baserunner, Brooke Roberts, on second.

E1 | Virginia Tech 1, Liberty 1

Virginia Tech scratched across a run with a Kylie Aldridge sac fly.

M1 | Liberty 1, Virginia Tech 0

Though Layton's control occasionally wavered, it did not completely break. She made it through the opening frame in 26 pitches. The Hokies limit Liberty to one run.

T1 | Liberty 1, Virginia Tech 0

Liberty has its first run of the day. A wild pitch scored Ella Fox, who made it to home plate in time before Layton's foot was at the dish.

T1 | Virginia Tech 0, Liberty 0

With one out, Alexia Carrasquillo lifted a deeeep fly ball. Looked like it might have the power to exit the field, but Addison Foster corralled it. #Hokies

T1 | Virginia Tech 0, Liberty 0

Virginia Tech starting pitcher Avery Layton threw a first-pitch strike, and we are underway at Tech Softball Park.

Pre-Game

The Hokies' starting lineup is as follows:

Addison Foster - Center Fielder
Jordan Lynch - Third Baseman
Nora Abromavage - Left Fielder
Kylie Aldridge - Designated Player
Zoe Yaeger - Catcher
Michelle Chatfield - First Baseman
Rachel Castine - Second Baseman
Gaby Mizelle - Right Fielder
Annika Rohs - Shortstop

Starting Pitcher: RHP Avery Layton

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